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Hi, Just joined the list, and introducing myself. I'm an electronics hobbyist that's looking into making a product that will need small enclosures and so far I'm looking into buying the tools and

It's known as "spherical turning," although, you're more interested in radius turning. The two basic approaches are to generate the radius with some type of pivoting toolholder or to trace an existing

I'm a beginer with my lathe. I have been practicing facing, turning and boring with good results. My question is, how do you create a cure on a work piece. I want to make dies for an air planishing

I didn't know the RHD name for them, or if they were readily available (read, "cheap") in the UK. As usual, the snipes save the day :-) Roy <captkenn@m...>" <captkenn@m...> wrote: JimE 5/8" me

Hi JimE & Roy et al, I tried the method of reverse clamping on the chuck suggested by JimE but it didn't work for me. However, would you believe it Roy, I have three different sizes of exhaust

For a low-budget expanding mandrel, an automotive "tailpipe expander" can be held in a chuck. They're not as accurate as a "real" expanding mandrel, but, can be fiddled into position for trueing the

Hi Mike, Mmmm I hadn't thought of wood! That makes good sense I will give it a try tomorrow Regards Ken / / /,,/,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,|| |<|):o)=|>抖抖|..|................. &#92;

<captkenn@m...>" <captkenn@m...> wrote: nor Large tubing always seems to flex it's way out of the jaws. How about a tapered hardwood plug, center drilled and used with the live center? Recently I saw

I've chucked a 2" ID piece using the outside of the regular jaws of the standard 3-jaw chuck. Just remember to turn the handle backwards to tighten ...@;-) Graciously, Jim Lakewood, CA All Hail Rube

Hi, I have come across a problem. What is the best way to put a 2"x 8" Brass tube in the mini-lathe. I find that using neither the 4-Jaw nor the 3-Jaw allows it to grip sufficiently. It seems to be a

sorry mike i got your name mixed up with another e-mail i was doing at the same time!!! BEST WISHES FOR 2003 DAVID WILLIAMS BOLTON ENGLAND www.smartgroups.com/groups/pre78bmw

the chester cobra is the same as the SEIG X1. chester even use the seig picture from their website,price is 茂驴陆339 as opposed to 茂驴陆499 at warco. have you bought a micro mill steve? you could

I have bought several machines from Chester, David and also found the machines as supplied were useless. They all needed stripping and rebuilding. The service from Chester was abysmal. They are just

Chester ignored my emails! stuff need a part

Hi David Yes It was Machine Mart who said they couldn't supply drive belts until Jan/Feb. I got some items from them but out of ten items three were 'not in stock or due' Regards Ken stuff need a part

if you are cosidering a mini lathe can i give you some advice? i bought a chester conquest and out of the box it looked good. however when i got it up and running it was a horror story. none of the

have you tried ringing the spares line at machine mart? i have had stuff from them and had excellent service. chester u.k say that if you need a part and they do not stock it, they will take it off a

Hi David, Yes, I buy (and sell) a lot of stuff particularly to and from the States - at least weekly - and have no problems whatsoever when the goods are sent declared as 'replaced under warranty'

Thanks for that advice. Looks like a day out in Chester before I buy. I am over the Pennines from you near Keighley.

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